From the playground to the wastegroundHope ends at 17 -Sweeping floors and filling shelvesForced into government schemes -11 years spent to dig out ditches,Forget your schoolday dreams -Guarantees and lie-filled speeches,But nothings what it seems -Qualified and patronised and with everything to lose.No choice or chance for the futureThe rich enjoy less tax -Dress the girls in pretty pinkThe shit goes to the blacksA generation's heart torn outAnd covered up the factsThe only thing they'll understandIs a wall against their backsThe only hope now left for those - with everything to lose.

In desperation empty eyes,Signed up and thrown away -There's drugs replacing dignity,The short sharp shock repaid -There'll be no money if you dare to questionWorking the Tory way -The truth is up there carved in stone,Where 21 dead now lay -A family's loss for a few pounds saved -With everything to lose.